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Implementation and Innovative Actions for Plastic Pollution Doug Woodring Founder/Managing Director

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RECYCLING VS GNI PER CAPITA

UNSOUND DISPOSAL PER CAPITA

Lack of Rules or Incentives = Excess Waste – Since It’s “FREE” to use 5

34.5% 9% None of these are recyclable in today’s MRFs! 80%

WHAT IS THE PLASTIC DISCLOSURE PROJECT? PDP asks the business world to treat plastic as seriously as it does other valuable resources… MEASURE MANAGE DISCLOSE …to create a world in which plastic use adds value without negatively impacting the environment.

How does PDP provide solutions? Companies and institutions can make improvements by…  Increasing recycled content  Improving recycling programs  Using less plastic packaging and reducing supply chain waste  Developing new designs  Introducing new materials …reducing environmental impact 8

Complements Increased Int’l Efforts Movement into the Circular Economy • • Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), UNEP FI, GRI, EMF “New Plastics Economy” 9 • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – efficient, sustainable resource use, clean water, reduced pollution • UNEP Global Partnership and current #CleanSeas campaign • World Bank Global Partnership on Oceans

. . . GLOBAL ALERT | Floating Trash .. . SEE | SHARE | SOLVE . . . . . . . . . . A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM FOR CHANGE . ..

“GLOBAL ALERT” LAUNCH TIMES SQUARE

Global Alert

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River Catchment Device

Clean Tax Cuts and Barrier Free Green Capital Markets Incentivizing Needed Infrastructure, Entrepreneurs, Investors and Solutions Taxes only “not paid” when there is profitability (not a • subsidy to start with) Tax free investments in plastic/waste/recycling/green • sector opens up needed access to capital Cross Border Incentives for Green Products (Import/Export) •

• Kuala Lumpur – Oct. 25 th, Paris – April 2019 Fiji???? • Focusing on Design, Innovation, Materials and Recycling, for a world without the Plastic Waste Fooptrint • Rio+20 Earth Summit, Hong Kong, New York, Portugal, Shanghai, London, Dallas, Los Angeles, Sydney

Doug Woodring Ocean Recovery Alliance 9020-3949 doug@oceanrecov.org